[2] After serving as Dean of the School of Fine Arts in 1895, Van Amringe succeeded Seth Low to become the first Dean of Columbia College, the university's undergraduate school of arts and sciences, which he defended from dismemberment and incorporation into the larger university.

[6] Cornelia was the great-granddaughter of Peter Goelet, a wealthy merchant and real estate entrepreneur in New York City.

Together, Cornelia and John were the parents of: Van Amringe died suddenly on September 10, 1915, at the Keeler House in Morristown, New Jersey.

Dr. William T. Manning (later the 10th Bishop of New York), Rector of Trinity Church (where he was a Vestryman), he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

[9] Van Amringe received a number of honorary degrees including Ph.D. from the University of the State of New York in 1877 and an LL.D.